- Rovner Starts As NBCUniversal Chairman Of Entertainment Programming
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 5, 2020
Susan Rovner officially began in her new role Monday, overseeing all TV and associated content for NBC, Bravo, E!, Oxygen, Syfy, Universal Kids, USA and premium streaming service Peacock, as ...
- How WildBrain's Kids Digital Entertainment Network Lives On Data
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, September 21, 2020
Data powers just about everything entertainment media company WildBrain does, from building content to merchandising, said Jon Gisby, EVP, managing director at the company's digital division,
WildBrain Spark. ...
- Pinna, 'Time For Kids' Create News Podcast
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Monday, August 31, 2020
Kid reporters from the magazine will present the news with stories, interviews, quizzes and games. ...
- Google Kids Space On Android, A Lifetime Branding Experience
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, August 31, 2020
Can parents trust Google enough to commit to Kids Space -- meant to be a selling point for Android devices and create lifetime fans -- and buy into the servi ...
- YouTube Ads Making An Impact, Brands Benefiting From Content Made For Kids
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, August 20, 2020
YouTube on Thursday released a list of direct-response ads ranking high on the YouTube Ads Leaderboard, featuring the top TrueView for Action ads that ran to date in 2020 across ...
- 'NowThis' Launches Kids News Brand, 'The Dodo' Debuts Digital Pet Wellness Destination
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Cheerios serves as the exclusive sponsor for NowThis Kids, and Petco is the exclusive launch sponsor of DodoWell. ...
- 'Highlights' Launches First Subscription Box As School Nears
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Monday, August 17, 2020
The idea for the box was based on research that says a child can get as little as 15 minutes of engaged practice of a learning activity a day to ...
- Barbie Shows Off Her COVID-19 Craft Projects
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Friday, July 31, 2020
"We are always looking for ways to further engage our fans in the digital space," Mattel's Isaac Quiroga tells "Marketing Daily." ...
- Crayola's Ready For School -- And For Masks Kids May Be Wearing
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Friday, July 17, 2020
Crayola has joined with apparel company Supara Group to offer the Crayola SchoolMaskPack for kids who may be returning to school (possibly) next month. ...
- 'Parents' Launches Book Club, New List "100 Books to Inspire Your Kids"
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Friday, July 10, 2020
The list embraces stories from more than one point of view. New initiatives also include the Raising the Future Book Club. ...
- Kartoon Channel Launches Mid-June, Taps Loesch As Executive Chairman
Television News Daily, Fern Siegel - Saturday, June 6, 2020
Loesch oversees a digital channel geared to kids 2-11. It can access 4,000 episodes of content via its parent, Genius Brands. ...
- 'Time For Kids' Launches New Language Editions, Expands Access
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Thursday, May 7, 2020
For the first time in 25 years, Time for Kids will be available in languages other than English. ...
- Linear TV Kids Viewing Still Down During COVID-19 Stay-At-Home
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Linear TV viewing for kids 2-11 dropped 8% for national kids TV networks in April vs. the same month a year ago, according to a Nielsen analysis -- an improvement ...
- Daytime Kids Viewing In Top 25 Markets Soars Nearly 300%, Big Gains In Internet, Gaming
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 30, 2020
Daytime broadcast TV viewership for kids and teens has soared 200% to 300% on average in the top U.S markets in the last month and a half. There have also ...
- 'Sesame Street' Help Brought To You By The Letters C-O-V-I-D
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, April 23, 2020
How can parents explain COVID-19 to their young children? They can ask Big Bird to do it. ...
- Google Adding 'Kids' Section To Google Play
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, April 16, 2020
Google is adding a Kids section to Google Play, which will include "Teacher Approved" apps, The Verge reports. ...
- Pandemic-Driven Kid-Related Video Boom: Even DIYs Are Diving In
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, March 31, 2020
As views of kids' videos are spiking and hit classics remain most-watched, kid-oriented DIY videos like workouts and hand-washing how-tos and food-and-drink and science-and-tech videos are also trending up as ...
- 'Time For Kids' To Make Issues Available Outside Classrooms
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Monday, March 23, 2020
The move marks the first time the publication is available to readers outside classrooms in its 25 years of publishing. ...
- Kids' Viewing On The Rise In The Time Of COVID-19
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 19, 2020
National TV kids' networks have seen gains over the last week, as more children are now home from school, according to two different TV research companies. ...
- Will 'The Week Junior' Get American Kids Reading?
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Thursday, February 27, 2020
Next month, Dennis Publishing will bring The Week Junior, a news weekly aimed at kids ages 8 to 14, to the U.S. ...
- Property Brothers To Develop Kids' Animated TV Show
Television News Daily, Fern Siegel - Thursday, January 30, 2020
Best known for starring in the HGTV series "Property Brothers," the Scott twins are extending their brand into a new arena. ...
- With More Inclusivity, Barbie's Bounceback Intensifies
Marketing Daily, Sarah Mahoney - Wednesday, January 29, 2020
New this year are a Barbie with a prosthetic leg, a hairless doll, and one in a wheelchair. ...
- M12 Invests In SuperAwesome's Kid-Tech Platform
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, January 27, 2020
UK-based SuperAwesome provides a platform for companies interested in offering advertising, video and communities that are "safe" for children, as well as parental consent options. ...
- 'Popular Science' To Create STEM Toy Line With U.K. Company Wow! Stuff
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Tuesday, January 14, 2020
The toy line aligns with PopSci's mission to demystify the world and make science accessible to everyone. ...
- 'Garden & Gun' Launches Edition For Kids
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Monday, January 13, 2020
Called "G&G Jr.", the "coastal edition" magazine offers everything from a guide to the best beaches for kids to how they can help protect the environment. ...
- YouTube To Impose New Restrictions On Ads Surrounding Children's Videos
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Google will impose some new curbs on ads surrounding child-oriented videos that appear on the main YouTube.com site, but will continue to allow influencer marketing and product placement on the ...
- When It Comes To Kids, 'Constancy' May Be The New 'Recency'
Research Intelligencer, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, November 19, 2019
New academic research suggests the best way to measure children's media usage is a new construct called "constancy," a term its authors assert will replace the Big 3 c-words -- ...
- Wild Sky Media's Sites Kick Off "Moms Want To Know" Series
Publishers Daily, Fern Siegel - Monday, October 28, 2019
The debut effort encourages kids to pursue the STEAM subjects: Science, Tech, Engineering, Art and Math. ...
- Kids Listen To Friends And Family More Than Influencers
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Look beyond the headline and it's clear -- research shows kids trust each other's opinions more than YouTubers'. ...
- Back-To-School Purchases Expected To Rise During Labor Day -- Don't Forget Teachers
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, August 30, 2019
With school back in session in some parts of the U.S., merchants will see the highest back-to-school sales this Labor Day weekend, Shopify predicts. Independence Day brought in the highest ...
